Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Dedication lxi
6. Of the inward virtues of the mind which ought to be in every housewife. And first of her general knowledges both in physic and surgery, with plain approved medicines for health of the household, also the extraction of excellent oils for those purposes 5
7. Of the outward and active knowledge of the housewife; and first of her skill in cookery; as sallats of all sorts, with flesh, fish, sauces, pastry, banqueting stuff, and ordering of great feasts 60
8. Of distillations and their virtues, and of perfuming 125
9. The ordering, preserving, and helping of all sorts of wines, and first of the choice of sweet wines 137
10. Of wool, hemp, flax, and doth, and dyeing of colours, of each several substance, with all the knowledges belonging thereto 146
11. Of dairies, butter, cheese, and the necessary things belonging to that office 166
12. The office of the maltster, and the several secrets and knowledges belonging to the making of malt 180
13. Of the excellency of oats, and the many singular virtues and uses of them in a family 199
14. Of the office of the brew-house, and the bake-house, and the necessary things belonging to the same 204
15. Appendix
16. “The Husbandman’s House” 214
17. Collation 217
18. Notes 225
19. Picture Credits 290
20. Bibliography 291
21. Glossary 297
22. Index 313